Nitrous Nightmare Halloween Live ‘75

Futurismo are proud to present DEVO’s Nitrous Nightmare, Halloween Live ‘75. Never before released, or heard in it’s entirety, this legendary live performance is presented here in it’s full chaotic glory on limited edition 2xLP and 2xCD.

Nitrous Nightmare demonstrates a band harnessing their artistic greatness in the purest of forms. This mythic performance captures Devo perfecting some of their most iconic concepts in the raw. Expertly restored, this live recording makes for a thrilling experience, it also captures Devo as a lightening rod for hostility.

On Halloween 1975, Devo took the stage at the WHK Auditorium in Cleveland, in a supporting capacity for jazz legend Sun Ra, to perform for a raucous crowd dressed in the finest of Halloween cliché. Already riding high on Nitrous Oxide and booze supplied by the sponsoring radio station, this unaware horde was expecting to see a slick cover band churning out renditions of Bad Company hits, only to be subjected to an act of subversive performance art that would send the growingly aggravated crowd into eventual meltdown. Physical threats ensued, but Devo played on.

Spanning 2xLP’s of unreleased live material, most of which has never been heard before, this wondrous performance draws purely from that integral early history. Mixed and mastered directly from recordings kept in the bands personal vaults, this live collection showcases why Devo was, and still is, one of the most important bands in American history. De-evolution is real. The art of DEVO is real. Here is the evidence.

Released: June 2026
Cat: FTRSMO63A
Label: Futurismo

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Tracklist

1. Secret Agent Man
2. Subhuman Woman
3. Bamboo Bimbo
4. “We Gotta Go Low With Devo”
5. Buttered Beauties
6. I Been Refused
7. Auto Modown
8. Space Girl Blues
9. Smart Patrol
10. Fraulein
11. Jocko Homo
12. Shimmy Shake
13. Midget/My Lai Mama
14. I Need a Chick
15. “Beer Can Rebellion”
16. Baby Talking Bitches
17. Chango
18. Beulah